Financial Analyst Intern

About Emerge Living:

Emerge Living is a trusted multi-family Property Management firm that operates A, B, C and new development apartment communities in Texas, Georgia, and Florida. We’re a dedicated firm that strives to deliver exceptional value to our partners, properties, and our residents.

About the Role:

Emerge Living is seeking a proactive, intellectually curious Financial Analyst Intern to join our team at our Houston headquarters. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working closely with executive leadership in a fast-growing, mission-driven real estate platform.

The Financial Analyst Intern will support day-to-day financial and analytical initiatives while collaborating across departments to serve internal stakeholders, operating teams, and investors. The role is designed to provide meaningful exposure to real-world decision-making, with a focus on operating analytics, forecasting, and transaction-related analysis.

Key learning areas include evaluating property-level performance, preparing financial and management reports, assisting with budget development, and supporting strategic initiatives through data-driven insights. The intern will contribute to financial modeling, portfolio analysis, and reporting that inform senior leadership decisions, optimize asset value, and support strong risk-adjusted returns across the portfolio.

This role is ideal for a candidate eager to develop practical finance and analytics skills while contributing to a dynamic organization focused on operational excellence and long-term value creation.

What You Bring: (Requirements)

Our ideal Financial Analyst Intern brings intellectual curiosity, analytical rigor, and a strong alignment with Emerge Living’s purpose-driven culture. You are motivated to learn, comfortable working with data, and eager to contribute meaningfully in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Specifically, you offer:

• Academic Standing: Currently enrolled in an accredited university with sophomore, junior, or senior standing, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
• Analytical Aptitude: Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to work accurately, thoughtfully, and with attention to detail when evaluating data and financial information.
• Technical Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), along with the ability to quickly learn and effectively utilize internal and external software tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
• Cultural Alignment: A strong embodiment of Emerge Living’s Cultural Traits. Emerge Living employees are team-oriented, entrepreneurial, principled self-starters who communicate effectively, think creatively, act with passion, and serve as brand ambassadors for our firm.
• Communication & Collaboration: The ability to communicate clearly and professionally and to work cross-functionally with teams such as Operations, Accounting, and other internal stakeholders.
• Execution & Accountability: A demonstrated ability to manage assignments, complete projects as directed and consistently meet deadlines with a high standard of quality.
• Experience (Preferred): Prior professional experience, internships, or collegiate research exposure is a plus, but not required.
• Location Requirement: Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Houston area for the duration of the internship.

Candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation, using a combination of education, skills, and experience.

What You’ll Do: (Responsibilities)

• Work directly with Asset Management, Development, and Accounting to evaluate the financial and operating performance of Emerge Living’s multifamily portfolio.
• Support portfolio budgeting, reforecasting, and valuation efforts, contributing to real-time investment and operating decisions.
• Analyze asset-level performance, market dynamics, and portfolio risk to inform disciplined capital allocation.
• Build, maintain, and enhance financial models, dashboards, and analytics tools that drive visibility into key operating and investment metrics.
• Perform monthly and ad hoc variance analyses, identify root causes, and deliver concise, executive-ready insights using Excel, Power BI, and related tools.
• Design and maintain interactive dashboards tracking critical financial and operational KPIs across the platform.
• Prepare succinct summaries, presentation materials, and ad hoc analyses for senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Document data sources and reporting processes, identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
• Support acquisition, development, and asset management due diligence, including lease reviews, unit walks, replacement cost analysis, rent and sales comps, and pipeline summaries.
• Contribute to investor reporting by compiling market insights and performance commentary for operating and development assets.
• Research and synthesize market, demographic, and economic data to support underwriting and asset-level decision-making.
• Review property-level financial statements and budgets to understand performance drivers and operational execution.

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